On August 17 2015 12:28 MattBarry wrote: Man I finally got a smurf and everytime I load it up I immediately wanna play a champ I know I don't own on that account. Why does man always desire what he cannot have
On August 17 2015 09:46 zer0das wrote: I think the most shocking revelation of getting decent ping back is I can actually play Vi now. Think it has to do with Cinderhulk+new Black Cleaver, and maybe Hex into tanky stuff giving the right mix of burst and survivability for me.
I don't like Cinderhulk into BC; Warrior into BC feels much stronger because you have great pick potential and do some frankly broken burst damage. Later, after you pick up two tanky items, you can switch to Cinderhulk and ideally grab a Frozen Mallet or something to add some damage back.
so now that the new UI is in and the old character window is gone, I think they forgot to add assets to the spectate client for bringing up a character sheet, as far as I can tell it's impossible lol. I even tried reassigning the hotkey to other buttons and it still did nothing.
On August 17 2015 09:46 zer0das wrote: I think the most shocking revelation of getting decent ping back is I can actually play Vi now. Think it has to do with Cinderhulk+new Black Cleaver, and maybe Hex into tanky stuff giving the right mix of burst and survivability for me.
I don't like Cinderhulk into BC; Warrior into BC feels much stronger because you have great pick potential and do some frankly broken burst damage. Later, after you pick up two tanky items, you can switch to Cinderhulk and ideally grab a Frozen Mallet or something to add some damage back.
No, ew, no.
Either go full damage with Warrior/Triforce or bruiser with Cinderhulk/BC. Anything else is probably a mistake.
On August 15 2015 10:20 onlywonderboy wrote: So I've been thinking about getting back into LoL and I was wondering what the standard start for jungling is these days. Just a general overview of camps and if lanes help leash now or what not. I think I understand the jungling items for the most part but I'm just curious about routes and stuff.
for farm oriented junglers you do gromp->blue->wolves->red->wraiths->mini golems or mini golems->wraith->red->blue->gromp->wolves->wraiths->mini golems
This is correct, but note that some champions can do a 6-camp clear far easier than others. e.g. easy as Warwick/Elise, very hard as Kayle. So you might want to practice once.
incorrect gromp->blue->wolves->wraiths->red->mini golems or mini golems->red->wraiths->wolves->gromp->blue(/blue->gromp; depends on jungler) are the best pure farming paths. Pretty simple, just start 1 side and go to the other clearing everything in your path, kinda expected.
Also youre wrong Fildun, Eve can do a 6 camp clear. The latest nerf didnt really affect it almost at all, maybe it got a tiny bit tighter. You can still do it though.
Isn't it better to take red after wolves and before raptors, though? In both cases you're level 3 and a smite, but don't you take less damage doing red if you're gonna use smite, unless you've got a bunch of AoE? Or do you just not smite raptors and save it for red?
On August 18 2015 06:16 Alaric wrote: Isn't it better to take red after wolves and before raptors, though? In both cases you're level 3 and a smite, but don't you take less damage doing red if you're gonna use smite, unless you've got a bunch of AoE? Or do you just not smite raptors and save it for red?
i prefer red before raptors because it both lines up nicely with the smite cooldown coming up and usually you get there early enough to see anyone who attempted to do gromp->your red
On August 15 2015 10:20 onlywonderboy wrote: So I've been thinking about getting back into LoL and I was wondering what the standard start for jungling is these days. Just a general overview of camps and if lanes help leash now or what not. I think I understand the jungling items for the most part but I'm just curious about routes and stuff.
for farm oriented junglers you do gromp->blue->wolves->red->wraiths->mini golems or mini golems->wraith->red->blue->gromp->wolves->wraiths->mini golems
This is correct, but note that some champions can do a 6-camp clear far easier than others. e.g. easy as Warwick/Elise, very hard as Kayle. So you might want to practice once.
incorrect gromp->blue->wolves->wraiths->red->mini golems or mini golems->red->wraiths->wolves->gromp->blue(/blue->gromp; depends on jungler) are the best pure farming paths. Pretty simple, just start 1 side and go to the other clearing everything in your path, kinda expected.
Also youre wrong Fildun, Eve can do a 6 camp clear. The latest nerf didnt really affect it almost at all, maybe it got a tiny bit tighter. You can still do it though.
i'm favoring 8 camp clear for the ideal farming path, you back with 1.05-1.1k gold and hit level 6 on your next clear
On August 18 2015 06:16 Alaric wrote: Isn't it better to take red after wolves and before raptors, though? In both cases you're level 3 and a smite, but don't you take less damage doing red if you're gonna use smite, unless you've got a bunch of AoE? Or do you just not smite raptors and save it for red?
i prefer red before raptors because it both lines up nicely with the smite cooldown coming up and usually you get there early enough to see anyone who attempted to do gromp->your red
wtf? I assume you mean gromp-blue-your red? Kinda yes, but then you can just ward against that once you are on the spot, or your teammate can like 50 seconds prior usually without loss. Also theres the thing that unless theyre stupid theyre doing gromp-blue-your red simply because they can, whether you know about it or not. lining up smites doesnt matter ever since the smite cooldown doesnt get wasted. Doing wraiths first is faster, save smite for red.
Can you record an 8 camp clear (any champion)? Sounds slow as hell but maybe its some really secret tech Ive never discovered.
On August 18 2015 06:16 Alaric wrote: Isn't it better to take red after wolves and before raptors, though? In both cases you're level 3 and a smite, but don't you take less damage doing red if you're gonna use smite, unless you've got a bunch of AoE? Or do you just not smite raptors and save it for red?
On August 18 2015 06:16 Alaric wrote: Isn't it better to take red after wolves and before raptors, though? In both cases you're level 3 and a smite, but don't you take less damage doing red if you're gonna use smite, unless you've got a bunch of AoE? Or do you just not smite raptors and save it for red?
i prefer red before raptors because it both lines up nicely with the smite cooldown coming up and usually you get there early enough to see anyone who attempted to do gromp->your red
wtf? I assume you mean gromp-blue-your red? Kinda yes, but then you can just ward against that once you are on the spot, or your teammate can like 50 seconds prior usually without loss. Also theres the thing that unless theyre stupid theyre doing gromp-blue-your red simply because they can, whether you know about it or not. lining up smites doesnt matter ever since the smite cooldown doesnt get wasted. Doing wraiths first is faster.
Can you record an 8 camp clear (any champion)? Sounds slow as hell but maybe its some really secret tech Ive never discovered.
you do gromp + smite->blue->wolves->red+smite
8 camp clear works with hecarim no leash. but basically you do either gromp->wolves->blue->red->minis->wraiths->wolves->gromp or minis->wraiths->red->blue->gromp->wolves->wraiths->minis the spawns line up perfectly for you to go back through your jungle.
its more efficient to do a 6 camp clear and start at your gromp for another 4 camp wave starting at gromp on fast junglers you arrive shortly after the first camp you did spawns rather than mini golems which is one of the last ones also you pocket 30 more gold and can gank slightly earlier
you're artificially slowing down your clear by backtracking to blue and passing wraiths just to have a fancy 8 camp clear which most champs are too low hp to do and sucks anyway
On August 18 2015 06:16 Alaric wrote: Isn't it better to take red after wolves and before raptors, though? In both cases you're level 3 and a smite, but don't you take less damage doing red if you're gonna use smite, unless you've got a bunch of AoE? Or do you just not smite raptors and save it for red?
i prefer red before raptors because it both lines up nicely with the smite cooldown coming up and usually you get there early enough to see anyone who attempted to do gromp->your red
wtf? I assume you mean gromp-blue-your red? Kinda yes, but then you can just ward against that once you are on the spot, or your teammate can like 50 seconds prior usually without loss. Also theres the thing that unless theyre stupid theyre doing gromp-blue-your red simply because they can, whether you know about it or not. lining up smites doesnt matter ever since the smite cooldown doesnt get wasted. Doing wraiths first is faster.
Can you record an 8 camp clear (any champion)? Sounds slow as hell but maybe its some really secret tech Ive never discovered.
you do gromp + smite->blue->wolves->red+smite
8 camp clear works with hecarim no leash. but basically you do either gromp->wolves->blue->red->minis->wraiths->wolves->gromp or minis->wraiths->red->blue->gromp->wolves->wraiths->minis the spawns line up perfectly for you to go back through your jungle.
well if you arent gonna record it can you give me some times when you finish your final camp?
On August 17 2015 09:46 zer0das wrote: I think the most shocking revelation of getting decent ping back is I can actually play Vi now. Think it has to do with Cinderhulk+new Black Cleaver, and maybe Hex into tanky stuff giving the right mix of burst and survivability for me.
I don't like Cinderhulk into BC; Warrior into BC feels much stronger because you have great pick potential and do some frankly broken burst damage. Later, after you pick up two tanky items, you can switch to Cinderhulk and ideally grab a Frozen Mallet or something to add some damage back.
No, ew, no.
Either go full damage with Warrior/Triforce or bruiser with Cinderhulk/BC. Anything else is probably a mistake.
I think BC is the right answer for Vi regardless of whether or not you go warrior. Its has literally no wasted stats. Its got HP, damage, CDR, armor shred, and move speed. The triforce proc is nice but the big thing about triforce is the follow up move speed. Which BC has while also having better stats in all the other relevant areas and not wasting any stats.
Edit: it has 10 more AD, 150 more HP and 20% CDR for more ults and E's and you get it 800 gold faster.
actually the biggest thing about trinity force is the massive extra burst which BC doesn't give and the main reason most good vis get trinity over bc
it's useless to compare stats when you're ignoring sheen because you get 2400 gold worth of sheen on a 3600 item so obviously the stats will look bad on paper
the stacking armour pen is a weak stat when you're not focusing tanks, which as vi you generally aren't but im sure there are exceptions
I wonder how big of a deal it'd be for BC and Tforce movespeed to stack....
But if you're gonna choose one, yeah, go BC. Saves 700g, has ult up more often, and transitions way better into the rest of your build.
Feel free to do yoloq bullshit, but if it fails or their team isn't assassination friendly, you've got 3700g into an expensive paper weight in just about any teamfight.
On August 18 2015 06:16 Alaric wrote: Isn't it better to take red after wolves and before raptors, though? In both cases you're level 3 and a smite, but don't you take less damage doing red if you're gonna use smite, unless you've got a bunch of AoE? Or do you just not smite raptors and save it for red?
i prefer red before raptors because it both lines up nicely with the smite cooldown coming up and usually you get there early enough to see anyone who attempted to do gromp->your red
wtf? I assume you mean gromp-blue-your red? Kinda yes, but then you can just ward against that once you are on the spot, or your teammate can like 50 seconds prior usually without loss. Also theres the thing that unless theyre stupid theyre doing gromp-blue-your red simply because they can, whether you know about it or not. lining up smites doesnt matter ever since the smite cooldown doesnt get wasted. Doing wraiths first is faster.
Can you record an 8 camp clear (any champion)? Sounds slow as hell but maybe its some really secret tech Ive never discovered.
you do gromp + smite->blue->wolves->red+smite
8 camp clear works with hecarim no leash. but basically you do either gromp->wolves->blue->red->minis->wraiths->wolves->gromp or minis->wraiths->red->blue->gromp->wolves->wraiths->minis the spawns line up perfectly for you to go back through your jungle.
well if you arent gonna record it can you give me some times when you finish your final camp?
on hecarim with no leash 4:44 for the first clear level 6 at 6:36 end of the second clear
I guess from my perspective, Triforce is complete overkill. As a Vi, your job is to assassinate a squishy. Do you need Triforce to do that? No, Warrior + BC is enough. So then BC offers you far more useful stats: teamwide armor shred, CDR, health, cheaper cost, etc. Plus it scales better into the late game.
More generally I think on junglers you sometimes only need to build "enough" damage. It's like that Cinderhulk/BC/Mallet tank Yi build that was trendy a little while ago, that relied on the same principle: you do more damage if you build only the damage you need.